A New Hampshire convicted of his 5-year-old daughter’s murder a year ago has filed a 101-page appeal of his conviction in the state’s Supreme Court. Adam Montgomery’s lawyers argued in the document that their client should have had a separate trial on assault charges — which he claims did not kill the girl — and …
Casey Anthony announced on Sunday that she is joining social media as a legal advocate — nearly 14 years after she stood trial in Florida for murdering her 2-year-old daughter. Anthony, 38, claimed she would use her self-appointed role to advocate for herself and her daughter. “The whole point of this is for me to …
Late last month, Colorado police revealed that DNA found in slain JonBenét Ramsey’s underwear has not been tested through forensic genealogical methods. The slain 6-year-old’s father, John Ramsey, meets with Boulder police once a year to be updated on his daughter’s case. John Ramsey learned during the most recent meeting that degraded DNA recovered from …
A Texas man accepted a plea deal on Friday for abducting and killing an 11-year-old girl last year. KPRC reported that Don McDougal was sentenced to life in prison without parole after pleading guilty to two counts of capital murder for Audrii Cunningham’s slaying. Cunningham was reported missing in February 2024, after McDougal failed to …
A sentencing date was scheduled for the girlfriend of a sex offender who killed a 17-year-old girl in South Carolina in 2009. Last November, Raymond Moody told authorities at Lieber Correctional Institution in Ridgeville that Angel Vause, 56, helped him “hunt” for a girl the night he killed and raped Brittanee Drexel, who was visiting …
On Wednesday, a Wisconsin appeals court denied Steven Avery’s request to present new evidence that possibly challenges his 2005 murder conviction. WBAY reported that Avery sought a new hearing to prove he was framed for Teresa Halbach’s slaying. Avery and his nephew Brendan Dassey, are serving life sentences in a case that has garnered widespread …
Bryan Kohberger was investigated but found to be significantly shorter than the suspect and not in the area at the time.
JonBenét Ramsey’s father said he is hopeful that new DNA technology will lead to a break in his 6-year-old daughter’s slaying. John Ramsey told Elizabeth Vargas on NewsNation that there is a “good chance” his daughter’s case will be solved through familial genealogy research. Officials have not said whether this technology has been used in the …
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A Utah judge on Wednesday dismissed a wrongful death suit filed against the Moab Police Department in the 2021 death of Gabby Petito but said an appellate court might have more leeway to pry apart the case’s minutiae. “The existing case law applies governmental immunity and extends the reach of governmental immunity in this kind …
California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Monday that he is halting his decision on Eric and Lyle Menendez’s clemency as the newly-elected prosecutor reviews their case. In a statement issued to KTLA, Governor Newsom said he is waiting for Los Angeles District Attorney-elect Nathan Hochman’s determination. The Menendez brothers filed the clemency request in October, …
